Your brew hops
for garden, balcony and terrasse
Beer without hops? Not possible.
No wonder that hops is called the „soul of beer“
Cultivated in Germany already since 8th century
Hops are the flowers of the hop plant, a member of the cannabaceae family of flowering plants. It grows up to 7 m, the flowers appear from june to august and ripen from july to september. Hops ages up to 50 years and grows every year out of ist wooden base. Germany is one the leading hops producing countries in the world. 70 % of the harvest is exported into more than 100 countries globally. Hops is added with only 100 – 400 g per 100 l beer depending on the expected bitterness.
Source: Unsere Bauern e.V.
„Only few people know that brew hops is an excellent garden plant.“
Alexander Heinrich
The hops expert of Elsner pac
Unexpectedly Thiendorf, close to Dresden, is Germany´s centre of excellence regarding hops.
It is the birthplace of HOPS where all our plants derive from in best quality.
At Elsner pac all hops plants are tested for possible diseases and propagated to supply fresh plants for agricultural hops growers around the world.
Your brew hops for garden, balcony and terrasse
Become Hoptimist!
HOPS is a garden plant of superlatives: It is decorative and growing fast, and even winterhardy. It can ideally be used to green blank walls and provide living screens. HOPS can be used for urban green projects. It is also a nice give away in any garden party for beer lovers and plant enthousiasts.
Growth type: climbing plant
growth height: from 250cm to 600cm
flower colours: green
flowering time (month): July to August
Light conditions: sonnig – halbschattig
Planting: Garden or large pot
Nutrition: Medium to high, ideally: Hops plant food
Toxicity: Non toxic
Winderhardy: Winderhardy
Hops can be planted in a large pot or directly into the garden. You can plant from spring up to autumn. You can expect flowers in the very same year only if planted in spring, otherwise Hops will flower the year after. Hops is winterhardy. You can use Hops for many purposes, but Hops needs for climbing support, like a wire or a frame. Hops is ideally for creating a green screen or cover a blank wall. You have to cut the bines in autumn and possibly use them for decoration in flower bouquets.
Campaigns
Brauereipartner
Landskron
Görlitz, Sachsen
Landskron aus Görlitz, Deutschlands größte Brau-Manufaktur, die mit handwerklicher Braukunst natürlich ausgereifte Meisterbiere in qualitativ hochwertiger Sortenvielfalt braut, unterstützt die Kampagne HOPS.
Richard Petri: „Wir freuen uns, dass wir mit Landskron, einem Urgestein höchster Braukunst, einen starken Fürsprecher für unseren Brauhopfen als Gartenpflanze an unserer Seite haben.“
